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A number of Steam curator groups have been removed from the platform after a developer managed to figure out they were in fact scammers.\n<\/p>\n

BROK the InvestiGator<\/a>, developed by solo indie dev Cowcat Games, released on 26th August on Steam and GOG. On Steam, Cowcat noted that BROK had received mostly positive reviews from players, gaming sites and curators alike.<\/p>\n

\nTwo days later, Cowcat posted a Twitter thread regarding some unusual behaviour from curators.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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